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A new study of data gathered during the Apollo missions has revealed that quakes as strong as five on the Richter scale have been occurring on the moon. The evidence of seismic activity goes against the long-held idea that the moon is a dead piece of rock and comes just weeks after the first recording ...

Asgardia is hoping to be recognised as a new, independent "space nation". It has a national anthem, a Parliament and over 200,000 people who have signed up to be citizens. The brains behind the idea, Russian billionaire scientist Igor Ashurbeyli, has recently declared himself Head of Nation. How ...

Australian stargazers will be celebrating a trifecta of lunar events. For the first time in more than 30 years, lunar eclipse, a super moon, and a blue moon are all happening at the same time. The last time all three lunar events coincided in Australia was December 30, 1983 but in other parts of the ...

The idea of colonizing the moon, even Mars, has long been the stuff of futuristic imagining but this may be the century in which fiction turns to reality. The international space station has been continuously occupied for almost 17 years and the next step could be a permanent outpost on the moon. ...